Young mothers Yana and Yaroslava don’t want to leave Rsia wh their 6-year-old son. But they fear a harsh new anti-gay law passed by Rsian lawmakers will leave them ltle choice.
Contents:
- RSIAN GAYS TALK ‘HOMOSEXUAL PROPAGANDA’ AND LIFE NEW YORK
- ILYA KOVALCH ON RSIA'S ANTI-GAY LAWS: "I AGREE, OF COURSE"
- ‘OUR MERE EXISTENCE IS ILLEGAL.’ AS MOSW TOUGHENS ANTI-GAY LAW, LGBTQ RSIANS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE
RSIAN GAYS TALK ‘HOMOSEXUAL PROPAGANDA’ AND LIFE NEW YORK
Andrew Ilnyckyj and His Wife's Weddg (Source: Instagram)"Married my favore person last month, " he wrote the ptn, keepg to the secrecy, he has mataed, some also started speculatg that he was gay, but he's not realy and hasn't mented on his sexualy eher. Bee of the secln, he has mataed, some have speculated that he is gay, although he is not, and has not remarked on his sexualy. Last night, about 100 people gathered at New York’s LGBT Communy Center to talk about strategi for fightg Rsia’s new law agast “homosexual propaganda” — a measure that bans most forms of gay public exprsn.
We checked wh some of the Rsian atten to see how they feel about their untry’s new crackdown on gays, what should be done about , and where to get the bt Rsian food New York Cy.
Ivan: Like all parents, me were not glad that I was gay, but they said that they love me whether I’m gay or not. A: Help Rsian gays get asylum. But hontly I don’t know how to help gays Rsia bee nothg n be done.
ILYA KOVALCH ON RSIA'S ANTI-GAY LAWS: "I AGREE, OF COURSE"
Twelve years ago, when I moved there om a small town, was more ee than now, more gay clubs than now.
Are Rsians homophobic? My mom lov me, but she didn’t accept me as a gay. My lleagu knew I was gay.
Michael Lus, 41, gay porn mogul, Chelsea“I left Rsia 1995 for Germany, then me to New York 1997. I had a horrible youth bee of Rsia’s anti-Semism and homophobia.
‘OUR MERE EXISTENCE IS ILLEGAL.’ AS MOSW TOUGHENS ANTI-GAY LAW, LGBTQ RSIANS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE
” There are lns of gay Rsians who are sufferg vers some athlet. I jt was Rsia for three weeks and produced a documentary about gay Rsians.
I’ve been out as gay probably for eight years. It wasn’t by skheads or neo-Nazis but by regular people who attacked other people jt for lookg gay. He wants to prerve an thorarian regime, and his opposn is very pro-gay.